Thursday, February 21, 2013

100 Things I Love About Korea: #85 - The Year 2005

Sarah babysat Suhyun (the daughter of our good friends YongGi and KyoungRan) for most of this year. She is just a few months younger than Emma. I don't think either of the girls remember these early play times, but they were tight from the very beginning. It's hard to believe now, but Emma was actually much bigger than Suhyun then. Emma used to take her toys and push her around, and Sarah and I used to say we wished Suhyun would just sock Emma good for once to teach her some manners!

For our annual anniversary mini-trip we stringed together a babysitting relay team, so that we could go away for a night. Someone recommended a spa in Asan. Little did we know, it was actually in old town Asan. But we still had a good time. We got away to a mountain for some hiking. At the train station on our way home, there was some kind of protest (probably for Dokdo), and some of the protesters recruited us and outfitted us to join their ranks.

We also did some cooking lessons for our good friend Belle's son, EungChul. This was his birthday "cake." E.C. joined me on a trip to Bangladesh in 2010, and he will probably be coming to live with us in American in a few months.

One of our favorite special occasion treats was going to Outback for a little taste of home with the Bloomin' Onion. (Outback Korea no longer serves these because they were having supply chain problems, but they were good while they lasted.)